Odontomachus simillimus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Odontomachus simillimus is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae, which can be found from many Asian, and African countries. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 5 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 10 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sighting in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 84 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Taman Negara National Park, in our data
Taman Negara National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Taman Negara National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
